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HAY RAKE. No. 586,264. Patented July '13, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR A. \VRIGHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEERINGHARVESTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part, of Letters Patent No. 586,264, dated July13, 1897. Application filed June 19,1895. Serial No. 553,377. (Nomodel.)

1" 0 coZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR A. WVRIGHT, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Hay-Rakes, of which the following is a clear and fulldescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan View of a hay-rake in which my invention isexemplified. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the raketecth andtheir controlling parts in the normal position, Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing the rake-teeth and their controlling parts in the dischargingposition. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation. Fig. 5 is a frontView of one end of the rake-head and adjacent carrying-wheel and parts.Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are details of construction. Fig. 13 isa plan view of the convertible pole and shafts when in the position tobe used as a pole. Figs. 1i and 15 are side elevations showing a manualdischarging apparatus applied to the rake. Fig. 16 is a sectional viewof the ratchet-wheel D.

My invention refers to that class of hayrakes which is supported on twocarryingwheels and drawn by animal power and in which the rake-headcarrying the rake-teeth is adapted to be rocked upon the axles of thesaid carrying-wheels as axes in order to discharge the load.

The object of my invention is to provide a rake thatis more effective inits operation and more durable and less expensive in construction.

Referring to the drawings, A and A are the usual carrying-wheels.

B is the rake-head, preferably of anglesteel, and to which therake-teeth are attached. The rake-head terminates at each end inaxle-seats B and B suitably secured thereto, preferably, as shown, bybolts. The stub-axles b and b are secured at b and b. As shown in Figs.5, 6, and 8, the axle-seats are secured to the rake-head by bolts b twoof which are further utilized in securing the axle b.

The hubs a of the carrying-wheels are fitted with bushings a, thepeculiar feature of which is the means by which the ratchetwheels D aresecured thereto.

Referring to Figs. 11 and 12, will be seen lugs a on the bushing nearits inner end. In the ratchet-wheel D, Fig. 12, is an aperture d, havingnotches cl, corresponding to the lugs or projections a on the bushing.

61 d are inclined surfaces upon the face of the wheel D. To secure thesaid ratchet- Wheels to the said bushings, they are slipped thereon fromthe inner end past the lugs a and then given a peripheral motion in adirection opposite the direction of wheel travel until they tighten bymeans of the inclines d binding between lugs a and the flanges aAxle-seats B and B are provided with shields and supports for anautomatic discharging attachment, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In Fig. 8is shown a similar axle-seat B adapted to be secured by the same boltsto the rake-head B, to be used when a manual discharge device is usedand which does not have a shield for the ratchet-wheel or a support forthe trip-rod, which is unnecessary in a hand dump-rake.

lVhen rakehead B, carrying the teeth C, is rocked to discharge the load,it rocks upon the stud-axles h and b in the supportingwheels, when usedeither as an automatic or a hand dump-rake. When used as an automaticdump-machine, the head is thrown into engagement with the wheels inorder that it may be rocked to discharge by the mechanism which will nowbe described. The triprod F is rotatably supported in the castings B andB at f and f and its ends F and F are made pawl-shaped, so as tosuitably engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheels D. The trip-rod iscontrolled by a cam G, which is pivoted upon the bracket g, suitablysecured to the hound-frame. The cam-lever extends rearwardly from itspivot, which extension has formed therein a curved slot 9', and extendsforwardly, terminating in a foot-pad The rod F is bent in the form of acrank at the point f which crank is situated so as to engage thecan1-s'lot-g and radiate from the rod F relatively to the pawls F and Fso that the Weight of the said lever G acts to hold the pawls at theends of the rod normally out of engagement with the ratchetwheels D. Thepawls are thrown into engagement with the ratchet-wheels by the operatorpressing with his foot upon the pedal 9 of the lever g, as will be seenby referring to Fig. 9, in which the full lines indicate the trippedposition and the dotted lines the normal position of the cam-lever andtriprod. lVhen tripped as above described, the rake-head is rocked uponthe stub-axles as centers by means of the ratchet-wheels and thetrip-rod supported and carried in the axle-seats B and 13 until theparts reach the discharging position, (shown in Fig. 3,) when the crankf reaches the end of the slot in the cam'lever. A continued stress ofparts to rock the rake-head, forcing the pawl's out of engagement withthe ratchet-wheels, causes the rake-head to drop back to its initialposition.

To hold the rake in its raking position until a sufficient load has beengathered, a footlever H is provided, pivoted in the bracket 7t, and hasa footpad h attached at its upperend by means of which the operatorappliesstress to hold the rake in the raking position. A bracket 72?,suitably secured to the rake-head, serves a double purpose, one tosustain the trip-rod in about the center of its length and another toafford a pivot to which the connecting-rod H is attached, whichconnectingrod connects the foot-lever to the rake-head. The rear end 71of the said connecting-rod is slotted in order that the rake-head mayhave a limited movement, or, in other words, to give a limited floatingaction to the rake as a whole as it travels over uneven ground. Thefront end. h is preferably provided with a number of adjustment-holes bywhich the foot-lever and the connecting-rod can .be coupled together, sothat the positions of the points of the teeth are adjustable to suit thedifferent conditions under which rakes are used. It is desirable that ahand-lever I should be provided in order to move the raketeeth to theirdischarging position when the liable to strike the operator.

machine is stationary. It is pivoted preferably upon an axle coincidentwith that of the foot-lever H, and so pivoted as to remain stationarywhen the rake is moved to discharge its load, unless it is itself themeans for discharging the load. This is the preferred construction,because if the lever moved every time the rake was discharged it wouldbe This lever is rendered operative in the manner as above described,preferably by placing it alongside of the foot-lever and in front of thefoot-pad at the upper end of the said foot-lever, so that when the saidhand-lever is pulled rearwardly by the operator it will strike the saidfoot-pad and carry the foot-lever with it to discharge the load of therake.

Pivoted conveniently upon the foot-lever is a latch J, having a toe-padjat its upper end and a hook or pawl j at its lower end,

the said hook adapted by the aid of gravity to engage teeth 71 upon thebracket h when the rake is moved to its discharging position. A numberof teeth may be provided upon the bracket it, so that the latch mayengage any one of them, no matter what adjustments are made in theoperative lengths of the connecting-rod, as previously described. Thepurpose of the latch J is to hold the rake-teeth -in their dischargingposition when the machine is being drawn over a road or from field tofield. The operator takes his foot 01f the cam-lever after tripping thetrip-rod into enit on the pad of the latch J, so that the machine willnot be latched in its discharging position under ordinary workingconditions.

1nal position, the operator removes his foot from the latch and placesit on the foot-lever to hold the machine when raking.

The teeth 0 are secured to the rake-head B by clips 0, as shown in Figs.4 and 5. The teeth project forwardly through slots 0' in the rake-head,are preferably coiled a number of times to provide elasticity,(preferably twice, as shown,) and extended transversely to form an axis0 the termination of the said axis being bent, as 0 The clip 0 formswith the rake-head a journal-bearing for the axis 0 The bent portion 0forms a limit to the free play of the rake-tooth in its support, asshown in Fig. 4. It will thus be seen that the rake as a whole has alimited rocking movement in its normal position and also that eachrake-tooth has an independent limited said movement is limited by thebent portion 0 striking the side of the rake-head.

In Figs. 1-1 and 15 is shown the manuald israke in place of theautomatic discharge device previously described. N is an arm bolted tothe rake-head B by the same bolts 72 and n used to secure the arm h(previously described) thereto. Link O'is pivoted to the said arm N andextends forwardly to a point adjacent to the bracket 0, in which thehandlever P is pivoted. The link 0 is pivoted to the hand-lever P at p,and its front end 0 rests upon the ledge 0' upon the bracket 0,

' when the teeth are in their raking position.

5 This construction provides a lock for the f lever, as will be clearlyunderstood by reference to Fig. 14.. The bracket 0 is secured to thehound-frame by bolts 0 and 0 which i are also used in securing thebracket h of the self-dump device in the same place. The hound-frame ishinged to the rake-head by hinges secured to both parts by bolts commonto both the self and'hand dump devices,

; but the location of the hinge-pivots are preferably difierent in orderthat the weight of the operator may assist in dumping the rake.

i It will be understood that I do not intend to limit my claims to theparticular'forms of gagement with the ratchet-wheels and places movementupon its attachment-clip, and the" charge device, which can be appliedto the- \Vhen the parts have returned to their nor- IIO automatic ormanual discharging apparatus herein shown and described, because eithermay be used in connection with my invention when materially modified.

The hound-frame upon which the operators seat is attached and to whichthe convertible pole and shafts are attached, as will be hereinafterdescribed, is hinged to the rake-head at 7; and L inanyconvenientmanner, and it consists of two pieces, preferably of anglemetal, one piece K being bent to form the front sill and the ends 7.:and the other piece K forming the rear sill of the frame.

The parts K and K are preferably secured to each other by means of thehinge-pieces L and 7.9 A draft-bar K is secured to the front and rearsills in the centerof their width and projects forwardly to providemeans whereby the thills when converted into a pole are attached to theframe and whereby the whiffletree is pivoted to the said frame when thethills are used as thills.

Referring to Fig. 13, it will be seen that when the thills are placedtogether to form a tongue they are bolted together and lie between theparts 7t and the draft-iron K The bolt that secures the whiffletree tothe draft-iron is utilized to secure the tongue, and the braces m and 'mserve to hold the tongue in place.

The particular means shown in the drawings of attaching the draft-bar tothe front sill is a distance-piece k through which rivets are passed'tosecure the parts together. This piece extends forwardly in an armbetween which and the forward extension of the draftbar the thills orthe whifiletree are attached. The draft-bar K is secured to the rearsill K when both are of angle metal, preferably by rivets orboltspassing throughadistancepiece 75, which piece has a rearward extension Lwhich extension affords means for holding the cleaner L in place. Thesaid cleaner maybe considered as any of the wellknown kinds and is shownin the drawings as consisting of the gas-pipe 1, carried upon the bar 70in brackets Z and Z and rearwardlyprojecting fingers Z secured to thesaid gas-pipe and held in position by the transverse distance-rod Z*.The cleaner is adapted to rock in the brackets l and Z and one of thefingers Z projects through a slotted hole in the extension 76, whereby alimited movement to the cleaner is permitted.

M and M are the thills or shafts bolted to the ends 7& and 7c of thehound-frame, preferably by bolts on, and braced to the said frame bybraces m and 771 To give the thills the correct position, the ends k andk are made to converge forwardly, as shown in Fig. 1. IVhen two horsesare used, the thills are converted into a tongue by bolting them to thebar K of the hound-frame, as shown in Fig. 13, and byswinging the bracesm and m upon the bolts that secure them to the said frame and boltingthe forward ends of to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rake, a hound-frame, the front side and end of which consists ofa single angle- 80 bar so bent that the said end pieces may converge ina forward direction to contract the space between the thills securedthereto at their forward ends to the extent desired, said angle-barhaving its vertical member at the inner side of its ends, and the butt-sof said thills secured outside of said vertical member and beneath thehorizontal angle, substantially as described.

2. A rake hound-frame adapted to receive thills, said frame constructedof angle-iron and consisting of a rear bar, a front piece and end piecesformed by bending the same, said end pieces secured to said rear bar,the butts of the thills bolted within the angles of the said end pieces,and the latter converging in a forward direction to such an extent as tothrow the forward extremity of the thills the proper distance apart,substantially as described.

3. In a rake, convertible thills and tongues and hounds constructed inthe following manner: a hound-frame formed of a single piece ofangle-iron, having end parts converging relative to each other in aforward direction and adapted to receive the butts of the thillssubstantially as described, secured to the bar K, and having theintermediate forwardlyprojected bar K secured to the said bent bar andto the bar K adapted to receive the butts I I0 of the thills when placedside by side to form a tongue for the purpose set forth.

4c. In a rake, convertible thills and tongue constructed in thefollowing manner: a hound-frame having end parts converging relative toeach other in a forward direction and adapted to receive the butts ofthe thills, substantially as described, and having the intermediate barand forwardly-projecting bar K adapted also to receive the butts of the[20 thills when placed side by side to form a tongue, the said bars towhich the thills are secured when formed into a draft-tongue deflecteddownwardly relative to the plane of the sides of the hound-frame towhich they 12 5 are secured when used as thills, whereby the. tongue soformed is lower at the front end than the parts forming it are when usedas thills, substantially as described.

5. In a rake, the combination of the rake- 1 0 head of angle metal, witha series of teeth projecting through slots in the vertical pornalsassume relative to the head determining the amount of free movement ofthe said teeth in their supports, substantially as described EDGAR A.YVRIGHT.

Vitnesses:

ARTHUR J oHNsoN, GEORGE H. ELLIs.

